Movement Action Fund
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED POWER TO BUILD IT, SO THEY CAN CHANGE UNJUST SYSTEMS AND CREATE A MORE DEMOCRATIC, INCLUSIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY.
- Income
- $28.3 million
- Spending
- $3.2 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Highest pay
- $901,885, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2.1 million spent. COMMUNITY AND WORKER ORGANIZING: THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AND CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND WORKER ORGANIZING EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE EFFORTS ARE ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT A VIBRANT DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON THE ACTIVE AND INFORMED ENGAGEMENT OF ALL ITS PEOPLE. IN 2025, MAF AWARDED GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN BUILDING GRASSROOTS POWER AMONG HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME WORKERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, RESULTING IN INCREASED ADVOCACY FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS.
- $387,479 spent. SECTOR SUPPORT: THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING THE NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR AS VITAL PARTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY. MAF WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE BROADER PHILANTHROPIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UPON WHICH GRANTEES, COMMUNITIES, AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEPEND, REMAINS RESILIENT, INDEPENDENT, AND CAPABLE OF SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD. IN 2025, MAF PROVIDED SUPPORT TO SECTOR-WIDE INITIATIVES AIMED AT DEFENDING PHILANTHROPIC INDEPENDENCE AND SUSTAINING THE FREEDOM OF FOUNDATIONS TO FUND COMMUNITIES AND CAUSES CONSISTENT WITH THEIR CHARITABLE MISSIONS.
- $155,804 spent. KNOWLEDGE SHARING (RESEARCH AND CONVENINGS): THIS PROGRAM AREA IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING CONNECTIONS, SHARING INSIGHTS, AND BRIDGING THE TRADITIONAL SILOS SEPARATING ORGANIZERS, PHILANTHROPIC FUNDERS, AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS. IN 2025, MAF DEEPENED ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT CROSS-SECTOR CONVENINGS THAT BRING TOGETHER ORGANIZERS, FUNDERS, AND RESEARCHERS TO SHARE STRATEGIES, EVALUATE PROGRESS, AND BUILD A MORE CONNECTED AND EFFECTIVE FIELD. BY FACILITATING THESE CONVENINGS AND RELEVANT RESEARCH, MAF AIMS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSLATION OF RESEARCH INTO ACTIONABLE ORGANIZING STRATEGIES, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE INFORMED BY ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES AS WELL AS CULTIVATING AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE DRIVES TANGIBLE SOCIAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINED IMPACT.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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